Japan uses dogs to detect cancer
Dogs amazing sense of smell can be used to detect cancer. It is now beneficial in Japan where researchers test how well the dogs can manage to find traces of the disease in frozen urine. So far, according to Professor Miyashita, the dogs have been correct in almost every case.
"In our research so far, cancer detection dogs have been able to find [signs of] cancer with a accuracy of nearly 100 percent".
The tests are performed with urine from residents of Kaneyama, and there is a reason that they chose that city as their research area. Kaneyama, with its 6,000 inhabitants, has the country's largest mortality rate in stomach cancer. The hope is that, with the help of the dogs, they will find more cases of cancer at an early stage and prevent a fatal outcome.
Similar tests have been conducted elsewhere in the world. Among other things, tests were carried out last year in Britain where dogs should have managed to reach cancer in 93 percent of the cases.
Below you can check out one of the dogs in Britain who learned to detect prostate cancer.
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